The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-07
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A Wan Shot az GaIEItziu.
About noon on Cnrrssa.-s d4v the resi-
dents Of GaIuziu were mortified 10 learn
that murder bad been oiumitted ia that
place. SameuI Gregg, young man, who,
with several companions had been drinking
to excess cai3ed at the brewery of GeCrge
/ Aukeubauer and wanted something Co
drink. Aukenbauer refused Go give them
liquor when they became angry and kicked
uT fuss. AukenbaueT then put them out
and they began hamEering the door He
then seized revolver, ran up stairs and
fired, the ball striking young Gregg, who
was i'm the act Of throwing a stone at Jha
door This BAH entered the left breast, be
/ low The heart and Gregg fell. He was
picked up by his companions, carried
into house and 2 ply siciau summoned,
. but medical aid was Of no avail ard the
young man fingered in great agony until
Sunday afternoon when ne expired. Au-
+ kenbaueT was arrested by Constable Gut
! wald, who, with O couple Of assistants,
/ started TO bring him TO this place to Jail.
but when they cot as far las LorettO
stopped off at The Highland House to warm.
Aukenbauer's wife was with him and while
the officers ard prisoner warmed up in the
bar room she sat IN the parlOr. Auken.
bauer asked permission TO take his wife
glass of beer, which was accorded hlm and
he started IN the direction Of til parloT,
After an absence Of some time the officers
" Mt to look for him rut he had gone. In
.tead of going 20 tEc uar.or BE went cut Of
back door and cut over the hEN past St.
Francis College. The officers tracked him
rar about mile vher they est his ,rai.
Nothing was heard Of i'm until Wednesday
last week when a dispatch was received 10y
Sheriff Gray from the Sheriff Of Bedford
county announcing the fact tha5 he had
AukeHoabeI under arrest.
The following particulars Of bis capture
we take from the Bedford Gazette "About
O'Clock on Tuesday evening two men in a
sled drove up to the Bedford house. One
registered as Anthony Hines. PUzz'ctcwn,
B and the other as Kari Klein, but his place Of
residence could mot be decjpLgred. It
looked more IKE 'Ggrmsay' ihau anything
else. SometimetIme gftar sheis arrival Hines
formed the acquaintance OF Mr. Frank p,
Grcarfst, and to him be impaired the In
formation that he believed Klein 20 0e
murderer He said that young nan named
Samuel Gregg had been killed al GalHZin.
Cambria county, on Christmas. by George
Aukeubauer. a ore Ter OF that place. and Ae
felt confident that Che man who registered
SIS Klein was AulIeulaueT. Mr. Gic1gst
became Interested In the story and proceed
TO make an investigation. He found In
PhiladelUhia newspaper g descTips ion Of the
personal appearance Of the murderer, and it
carrespouted accurately with gha stranger.
Policeman May was Informed Of The situa-
ton, and &c was decided Go keep a close
watch on Klein. After supper Klein visit
aa barber shop aud had full beard re-
moveC. leaving no Eajr on his face except
O gnoussacha. Meanwhile the Cambria
county authorities we're feiegrapE-d, but
tae reply received was unsatisfactory. and
taa Bedford men besuatad TO MAKE tie al.
rest without clearer iuas ntihcaruu. 4
little after O'Clock Klein went 90 tu5 rail-
road station and purchased a Hcke. for
Cumberland. ard when tIe train aTr,V- ig
took g. sect in gue of The --T4 GUga. ST. May
Hires and Shannon Fletcher followed llm
To- jay station. Fletcher had been doing
little 'shadowing' on his own account and
had struck mp an acquaintance with Klein.
TIE latter Te coartzea Fletcher and Hines at
She station, and becoming charmed al tue
mysterious movements of the party, he sud
denly ran out of the car jumped of The
rear end AID struck gcl0ss the commons.
His flight was discovered and MAY Gilchrist
and Fletcher started in pursuit. The fugi
tive refused 10 stop when commanded and
May fred At him. This brought him 10 3 halt
aud he quietly submitted 20 arrest. When
searched ia his cell the sum of S235 in cash
was found in his pocket. lie was not
armed. Re confessed that his name was
Aukeubaueg and that ne lived in GaIitzin."
"Hiues was asked by Gazette reporter
Go explain lis connection with the case. He
said he lived in the village of Puzzletown,
Blair county About II O'Clock on Monday
nj ght he was awakened by the entrance of
someone into his bedroom. Upon Tis ne he
found a stranger present, who asked for ac-
c0mmoda tions for the night and wanted to
know il Hines would take him to Bedford
early in the morning. After some cOnver-
satfon it was agreed that Hines should en-
tertain the stranger and take him to
Bedford for $40 Hines had learned Of the
murder at Ga Hitzin and be suspected that
the man who had entered bis house in such
mysterious manner vas the murderer.
These suspicious were confirmed in the
morning when his brother in-law recognized
the stranger as Aukerhauer. Hines, how
ever, determined TO stick to his agreement, 4.
and 50 he brought Aukeubauer over to Bed 4
ford.